Campbell Christie (writer)
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Campbell Christie was an Indian-born British playwright
and screenwriter
who frequently collaborated with his wife Dorothy Christie on plays such as Carrington V.C. and Someone at the Door
.
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
who frequently collaborated with his wife Dorothy Christie on plays such as Carrington V.C. and Someone at the Door
Someone at the Door (play)
Someone at the Door is a British mystery play by Campbell Christie and Dorothy Christie which was first staged in 1935.-Adaptations:The play has been adapted twice into films...
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Selected filmography
- JassyJassy (film)Jassy was a 1947 British film melodrama, based on a novel by Norah Lofts. It was a Gainsborough melodrama, the only one to be made in technicolour.-Plot:...
(1947) - Carrington V.C. (1955)
- The Long ArmThe Long ArmThe Long Arm was an Australian television series shown in 1970.The series was made in-house by the Ten Network as part of an attempt to rival the cop shows produced by Crawford Productions such as Homicide and Division 4...
(1956)